“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.” (John 3:17-18)

All human beings are made in God’s image and they are also accountable to their Creator to meet his standard of holiness. Here are two things Jesus did that everyone desperately needs:

1. Jesus kept the law perfectly (Matt. 5:17; Rom. 10:4)

God made humans in his image, and everyone is responsible for keeping all of his commands (Lev. 18:5; Luke 10:28). When Adam disobeyed God in the garden of Eden, he brought guilt upon not only himself but also all his descendants, because Adam represented all humanity.

Furthermore, the corrupt nature we inherited from Adam causes us to heap more guilt upon ourselves because everything we do is tainted by sin. Jesus, being both true God and true man, kept the law perfectly on behalf of all who trust in him for their salvation:

For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. (Rom. 5:17)

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